University Libraries Preservation and Conservation
Posted September 11, 2025
By Katarina Stiller, Conservation Resident Recently, a treatment was performed on a large and interesting collection in the Northwestern Libraries conservation lab. The project...
Posted January 16, 2025
By Susan Russick Magazines. Brochures. Books. You expect to see these materials in a library setting, but not on exhibit in an art museum—and...
Posted November 12, 2024
This fall, Northwestern University Libraries loaned 63 items to The Block Museum of Art to appear in the exhibition Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and...
Posted August 27, 2024
By Jess Ortegon Over the years, Northwestern conservation staff have worked on a few sections of the Siege and Commune of Paris (ca. 1870-1871)...
Posted May 1, 2024
By Julie Calcagno Taking on a large collection housing project, especially if you’ve never done one before, can be daunting. There are so many...
Posted March 21, 2024
By Lindsey Williams The Object in Question In Die Festo Resurrectionis Domini is a 15th century gradual, or choir book, used during the time...
Posted February 21, 2024
By Julie Calcagno What do sci-fi pulp, countercultural newspapers, and 1960s books on marijuana have in common? They’re enjoyable reads, food for thought and...
Posted December 7, 2023
By Jess Ortegon During our work to care for the physical aspects of Northwestern University Libraries’ collections, we sometimes find that objects require a...
Posted December 1, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 This summer, the Libraries sent more than 40 rare items and 14 facsimiles to the Museo Nacional Centro...